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Re: tire plugging

To: Ron Hamilton <fj201@cox.net>
Subject: Re: tire plugging
From: Guy & Pamela Pepoy <gppepoy@cybertrails.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 22:44:41 -0700
Hi Ron,
Where did you buy the Plug and go....sounds like something our guys in 
Iraq could use
Guy.

Ron Hamilton wrote:

>I use a plugging system designed with a cone shaped head and shoulder 
>that is put in  with a special gun. You don't even need glue and the 
>head expands inside the tire to seal it also. I bought it for my big 
>bikes and it has paid for itself many times over. Plug and go is the 
>name I think. Suggested to me by long distance touring riders with 
>nothing but praise. Kind of hard to carry a spare on a Valkyrie!
>
>Ron
>
>Steven Race wrote:
>
>>Discount tire here in Phoenix uses an inside patch/plug combination. 
>> They dismount the tire from the fim and pull the plug portion thru the 
>>hole and then glue the patch to the inside of the tire.  Thus sealing 
>>the hole and protecting the steel belt from water and making a bond with 
>>the carcass from the inside.  Or so they say.

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